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rod-cast : painting the wild atlantic way blog photo showing the skelligs on the horizon, painted on a canvas and in a camera view finder simitainiously

Rod-Cast: painting Wild Atlantic Way

April 29, 2024 by Rod Coyne

I had set myself the task of tapping into pre-Christian lore attached to this beautiful and sometimes barren landscape. As a direct conduit I had decided to focus on those ancient portals to the other world. Standing Stones, Holy Wells and ancient Passage Tombs were to feature strongly.

artist rod coyne sharing painting pearls of wisdom with his students on the rivers edge at the meeting of the waters, co. wicklow.

The Perfect Painting Workshop – painting demo on video.

May 17, 2023May 3, 2023 by Rod Coyne

We started the Avoca Painting School in 2010. One of the essentials to the concept was to offer a painting experience similar to what I … Read more

artist rod coyne squeezes extra red paint onto his palette, while working on a clifftop above ballinskelligs bay

Mouth-Watering video of Ballinskelligs Bay

January 10, 2023April 13, 2021 by Rod Coyne

“The more lost I get, the more interesting things I find along the way” – Rod Coyne.

“Coyne’s Labour of Love” By Ros Drinkwater, Sunday Business Post.

January 12, 2021May 2, 2018 by Rod Coyne

“My then upcoming exhibition Decade caused Ros Drinkwater to write “Coyne’s landscapes are a labour of love” in the Sunday Business Post, May 2009. She … Read more